Polaroid Transfers

Polaroid/Fuji image transfers are alternative photographic processes using peel-apart Polaroid or Fuji film. An image is exposed onto the film by means of a Daylab printer, camera or enlarger. The film is pulled apart before complete development and the dye-laden negative is rolled onto another surface, such as watercolor paper. The dyes develop onto the other surface and the image is "transferred." The image may then be manipulated and hand colored if desired. Each image is unique due to the physical properties of the transfer process.

Polaroid/Fuji emulsion transfers use the same film and equipment--however, the results are completely different. The image is developed fully onto the positive print of the film. The image layer of the print, or emulsion, is removed with hot water. It can then be placed onto virtually any surface including three-dimensional forms. The transparent emulsion can be sculpted, stretched and torn into different shapes, then hand colored.